Choice Anxiety, aka Decidophobia or Analysis Paralysis, is an intense irrational fear of making choices. I became aware of this phenomenon’s grip on my life when I retired and moved to a small seaport. No longer a public coach persona, I slowed toward my core, unhooking many attachments.
One day, Writer’s Block showed up, spreading numbed blankness in his wake. I Zone Anchored to collect Data Deets and Place Pattern Markers, discovering my Anxiety Levels were extremely high. Every keystroke, word, and thought triggered a fear explosion, leading to panic. Switching to a simple pattern game, I gently vibrated my hands on my thighs to signal a 12 Muscle Organization Station exchange.
Clicking a mouse with one forefinger tap is safer and more contained than writing core stuff. Once I established a Neutral Anchored Sitting Grid, I played the game. Anxiety-laced narratives flooded in, pulling my body off the grid into despairing, crumpled, or compressed fragments of wrongness. Messages flashed across my Mental Screen: “You made the wrong choice! You failed! You don’t know what you are talking about! Loser!”
I got stronger at Anxiety Anchoring and systematically shook off layers of Old Attachment. Then I tested my Outcome by releasing Writer Blcok from duty, anchoring in sudden Anxiety Onset as my fingers fumbled at the keyboard, and every misspelled word lit fire of…
